Birth of a Nation (1997)

Jonas Mekas assembles 160 portraits, appearances, and fleeting sketches of underground and independent filmmakers captured between 1955 and 1996. Fast-paced and archival in spirit, the film celebrates the avant-garde as its own “nation of cinema,” a vital community existing outside the dominance of commercial film.

Released

1997-08-06

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

85 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Jonas Mekas

TMDB rating

7.0/10 from 4 votes